and his wife were the first people to enter the Seward house after the attack, and they stayed with the stricken Secretary of State all night long. Death and estate Tayloe, his wife, and his son, Edward, left for an extended tour of Europe on May 16, 1866, touring England, Spain, France, Germany, Prussia, and Italy. The family arrived in Rome in January 1868. Edward returned to the United States, and after his departure Tayloe began to experience weakness (but did not seem seriously ill). He became paralyzed on February 25, 1868, and died a few hours later. Phoebe Tayloe inherited the house upon his death. After she died in 1881, more than 200 marble statues, bronze sculptures, fine furniture, and paintings in the house were donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Ancestry Footnotes Bibliography Adams, Katherine H. and Keene, Michael L. Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2008. Apkarian-Russell, Pamela. Washington's Haunted Past: Capital Ghosts of America. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2006. Bendar, Michael J. L' Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington, D.C. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Bowers, Claude Gernade. The Party Battles of the Jackson Period. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. Burlingame, Michael. With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860–1865. Carbondale, Ill.: SIU Press, 2006. Carrier, Thomas J. Washington D.C.: A Historical Walking Tour. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishers, 1999. Coclanis, Peter A. The Atlantic Economy During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Organization, Operation, Practice, and Personnel. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. Cohen, Daniel. Civil War Ghosts. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999. Dix, John A. Memoirs of John Adams Dix. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. Evelyn, Dougas E; Dickson, Paul; and Ackerman, S.J. On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C. Sterling, Va.: Capital Books, 2008. "Events Subsequent to the Contract As a Defence to Specific Performance." Columbia Law Review. May 1916. Fiehler, Leonard E. and Baltz, Shirley. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Belair Mansion." United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. 1976. Gallagher, Gary W. Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1999. Goode, James M. Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings. 2d ed. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 2003. Hardy, Stella Pickett.